because of his extra checkers on the 15, 17 and 18 pts linus can wait a bit longer before he has to run off the bar. we dont have that luxury. moving 13-8 means our next 6 leaves a blot. i move 6-1 5-2

We want to get home, since we're ahead in the race. We'll have to move the third checker off the midpoint anyway, 5-3 is a good roll to do it. Waiting might be right if Linus was about to break up the barpoint, but that is quite unlikely. So not playing 13/5 just postpones the problem, and creates an inferior board with more wastage, and makes small doubles a lot less effective next turn. Also, next turn we may not roll 7 pips or more, and be forced to mess up our board even more.

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